Martin Riseley has been Concertmaster of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra since November, 1994. A native of New Zealand, Mr. Riseley began receiving attention at a young age, winning the prestigious $30,000 first prize in the Television New Zealand Young Musicians' Competition.

He has been a regular soloist with the Edmonton Symphony, as well as orchestras in New Zealand, the United States and Mexico. He is also a regular performer at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, and was Artist in Residence at the University of Alberta for a number of years.

A student of Felix Galimir, Piotr Milewski and Samuel Rhodes, Martin Riseley obtained his doctorate from Juilliard under Dorothy DeLay. He spent the 2002/03 season as the Interim Associate Concertmaster with the National Arts Centre Orchestra.

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